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	'''''Sudharma''''' ({{lang-sa\|सुधर्मा}}) is the ~~older and one of the two~~ daily [[newspaper~~]]s published~~ in [[Sanskrit]] in [[India]],<ref name="only">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/21/stories/2007072158620300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603165014/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/21/stories/2007072158620300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2008-06-03\|author=Muralidhara Khajane\|title=Keeping Sanskrit alive\|access-date=2007-08-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2007-07-21}}</ref> the other daily being Vishwasya Vruttantam.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.vishvasyavrutantam.com/\|title=Vishvasya Vrutantam - Daily Sanskrit Newspaper.\|last=newspaper\|first=Vishvasya Vrutantam : Online Daily Sanskrit\|website=Vishvasya Vrutantam\|language=en\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> The paper is published from the city of [[Mysore]] in the [[States of India\|Indian state]] of [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sanskrit-a-love-story/story-LzXlAU3qE54Z5waDXaAsKO.html\|title=Language and love: The story of India's oldest surviving Sanskrit newspaper\|date=2017-11-11}}</ref> Established in ~~the year~~ 1970, ~~the circulation of~~ the paper is mainly ~~through post~~, a method that its founder resorted to when news vendors refused to stock his paper.		'''''Sudharma''''' ({{lang-sa\|सुधर्मा}}) is the daily newspaper printed in [[Sanskrit]] in [[India]].<ref name="only">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/21/stories/2007072158620300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603165014/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/21/stories/2007072158620300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2008-06-03\|author=Muralidhara Khajane\|title=Keeping Sanskrit alive\|access-date=2007-08-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2007-07-21}}</ref> The paper is published from the city of [[Mysore]] in the [[States of India\|Indian state]] of [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sanskrit-a-love-story/story-LzXlAU3qE54Z5waDXaAsKO.html\|title=Language and love: The story of India's oldest surviving Sanskrit newspaper\|date=2017-11-11}}</ref> Established in 1970, the paper is mainly distributed via mail, a method that its founder resorted to when news vendors refused to stock his paper.

	As of 2018, the newspaper was struggling to survive due to a paucity of funds.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Anand \|first1=Kunal \|title=India's Only Sanskrit Daily Newspaper Is Dying, And No One Cares \|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-s-only-sanskrit-daily-newspaper-is-dying-and-no-one-cares-256524.html \|access-date=9 October 2018 \|publisher=India Times}}</ref>		As of 2018, the newspaper was struggling to survive due to a paucity of funds.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Anand \|first1=Kunal \|title=India's Only Sanskrit Daily Newspaper Is Dying, And No One Cares \|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-s-only-sanskrit-daily-newspaper-is-dying-and-no-one-cares-256524.html \|access-date=9 October 2018 \|publisher=India Times}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	Kalale Nadadur Varadaraja Iyengar~~, a Sanskrit scholar,~~ launched the paper ~~in 1970~~ with a goal of propagating the language. He was also a publisher of Sanskrit books, and the Sanskrit movable types that were sometimes lying idle with him were another motivation for starting the newspaper.<ref name="only"/> When ~~he discussed~~ his venture with ~~others~~, ~~he had to face the wrath of skeptics~~ who ~~warned him of his 'misadventure' and~~ predicted the newspaper's ~~doom,~~<ref name="doo">{{citation \|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1110041\|title=Sanskrit daily celebrates 42 nd anniversary\|work=Online Edition of DnaIndia.com \|date=2007-07-15}}</ref> ~~because not many~~ people believed that the Sanskrit language had a vocabulary ~~sufficient~~ to cover contemporary ~~and complex~~ day-to-day activities and developments.<ref name="doo"/> He was, however, supported in his venture by Agaram Rangaiah, who was an editor of a [[Kannada]] newspaper and also by P. Nagachar, who was a former Joint Director of Information. Ignoring the skeptics, Varadaraja Iyengar published the first issue of ''Sudharma'' on July 14, 1970, from a location called 'Ganapathi Totti' in Maharaja's Sanskrit College. He was also instrumental in starting a Sanskrit news bulletin on [[All India Radio]] by convincing [[I. K. Gujral]], the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the [[Government of India]]. Varadaraja Iyengar died in 1990. The paper is published out of a press in the Ramachandra Agrahara locality of Mysore.		Sanskrit scholar Kalale Nadadur Varadaraja Iyengar launched the paper with the goal of propagating the language. He was also a publisher of Sanskrit books, and the Sanskrit movable types that were sometimes lying idle with him were another motivation for starting the newspaper.<ref name="only">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/21/stories/2007072158620300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603165014/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/21/stories/2007072158620300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2008-06-03\|author=Muralidhara Khajane\|title=Keeping Sanskrit alive\|access-date=2007-08-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2007-07-21}}</ref>{{Clarify\|reason=This is just kinda odd\|date=June 2021}} When discussing his publishing venture in public he was met with scorn from critics, who predicted the newspaper's failure.<ref name="doo">{{citation \|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1110041\|title=Sanskrit daily celebrates 42 nd anniversary\|work=Online Edition of DnaIndia.com \|date=2007-07-15}}</ref> Many people{{Weasel inline\|date=June 2021}} believed that the Sanskrit language had an insufficient vocabulary to cover contemporary day-to-day activities and developments.<ref name="doo"/> He was, however, supported in his venture by Agaram Rangaiah, who was an editor of a [[Kannada]] newspaper and also by P. Nagachar, who was a former Joint Director of Information. Ignoring the skeptics, Varadaraja Iyengar published the first issue of ''Sudharma'' on July 14, 1970, from a location called 'Ganapathi Totti' in Maharaja's Sanskrit College. He was also instrumental in starting a Sanskrit news bulletin on [[All India Radio]] by convincing [[I. K. Gujral]], the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the [[Government of India]]. Varadaraja Iyengar died in 1990. The paper is published out of a press in the Ramachandra Agrahara locality of Mysore.

	==Circulation==		==Circulation==
	The majority of ~~the~~ subscribers ~~of the newspaper~~ are Sanskrit scholars and students. The paper has a daily circulation of about 3500 copies~~. It has~~ an annual subscription fee of Rs. ~~500~~ (~~about~~ $7.50) ~~and is circulated~~ via post to academic institutions, public libraries and to readers throughout India~~. The~~ paper is also subscribed to by readers in countries like Japan and the United States of America ~~with~~ an annual overseas subscription fee of $50.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Subscription instructions \|url=http://sudharmasanskritdaily.in/donate/ \|website=Sudharma official website \|publisher=Sudharma \|access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>		The majority of subscribers are Sanskrit scholars and students.{{Citation needed\|date=June 2021}} The paper has a daily circulation of about 3500 copies, with an annual subscription fee of ₹600 ( $8.09) for ordinary post and ₹1200 ($16.18) for registered post. <ref>{{Cite web\|title=Sudharma subscription cost\|url=https://sudharmasanskritdaily.in/subscribe/\|url-status=live\|website=Sudharma}}</ref> In addition to domestic circulation via post to academic institutions, public libraries and to readers throughout India, the paper is also subscribed to by readers in countries like Japan and the United States of America at an annual overseas subscription fee of $20.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Subscription instructions \|url=http://sudharmasanskritdaily.in/donate/ \|website=Sudharma official website \|publisher=Sudharma \|access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>

	==Current scenario==		==Current scenario==
	~~The profit gained by circulating~~ the ~~newspaper is negligible but~~ Sampath Kumar wants to continue publishing the newspaper ~~because of~~ his passion for [[journalism]] and the Sanskrit language. He has had to struggle to keep the publication afloat.<ref name="only1">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/03/stories/2006070310150500.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107021001/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/03/stories/2006070310150500.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-11-07\|author=Sharath S. Srivatsa\|title= Fighting against odds to keep the daily afloat\|access-date=2007-08-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2006-07-03}}</ref> The paper has also helped its readers to learn and improve their knowledge of the language. On 15 July 2011, the 42nd anniversary of the paper's publication was celebrated in Mysore.<ref name="doo"/> A unique feature of the celebration was that all speeches were in [[Sanskrit]], which is a rarity, and two Sanskrit scholars were honored on that occasion.		Despite the lackluster financial performance of Sudharma, [[K. V. Sampath Kumar\|Sampath Kumar]] wants to continue publishing the newspaper, citing his passion for [[journalism]] and the Sanskrit language.{{Citation needed\|date=June 2021}} He has had to struggle to keep the publication afloat.<ref name="only1">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/03/stories/2006070310150500.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107021001/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/03/stories/2006070310150500.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-11-07\|author=Sharath S. Srivatsa\|title= Fighting against odds to keep the daily afloat\|access-date=2007-08-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2006-07-03}}</ref> The paper has also helped its readers to learn and improve their knowledge of the language. On 15 July 2011, the 42nd anniversary of the paper's publication was celebrated in Mysore.<ref name="doo"/> A unique feature of the celebration was that all speeches were in [[Sanskrit]], which is a rarity, and two Sanskrit scholars were honored on that occasion.
	This newspaper is available online as well.<ref name="ept">{{cite web\|url=http://sudharma.epapertoday.com\|title=Sudharma The only Sanskrit newspaper}}</ref>		This newspaper is available online as well.<ref name="ept">{{cite web\|url=http://sudharma.epapertoday.com\|title=Sudharma The only Sanskrit newspaper}}</ref>

	The ~~current editors~~ Sri K.V.~~Sampathkumar~~ and his wife Smt. Jayalakshmi KS ~~are~~ selected for the prestigious Padma Shri award for their contribution to journalism (under the category Literature and Education) by the Government of India in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/editors-of-mysuru-based-sanskrit-daily-selected-for-padma-shri/articleshow/73618308.cms\|title=Editors of Mysuru-based Sanskrit daily selected for Padma Shri {{!}} Mysuru News - Times of India\|last=Jan 25\|first=Shrinivasa M. {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated\|last2=2020\|website=The Times of India\|language=en\|access-date=2020-01-26\|last3=Ist\|first3=22:17}}</ref>		The editor late Sri [[K. V. Sampath Kumar\|K.V. Sampath kumar]] and his wife Smt. Jayalakshmi KS was selected for the prestigious Padma Shri award for their contribution to journalism (under the category Literature and Education) by the Government of India in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/editors-of-mysuru-based-sanskrit-daily-selected-for-padma-shri/articleshow/73618308.cms\|title=Editors of Mysuru-based Sanskrit daily selected for Padma Shri {{!}} Mysuru News - Times of India\|last=Jan 25\|first=Shrinivasa M. {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated\|last2=2020\|website=The Times of India\|language=en\|access-date=2020-01-26\|last3=Ist\|first3=22:17}}</ref>

	==ePaper and Subscription ==		==ePaper and Subscription ==

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{{about|Indian Sanskrit newspaper|Jain monk with the same name|Sudharmaswami}}
{{Short description|Daily newspaper published in Sanskrit}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1970|7|14|df=y}}
| political =
| headquarters = [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]]
| editor = K.V.Sampathkumar
| website = {{url|http://epaper.sudharmasanskritdaily.in/}}
| circulation = 3500
|language=Sanskrit}}
'''''Sudharma''''' ({{lang-sa|सुधर्मा}}) is the older and one of the two daily [[newspaper]]s published in [[Sanskrit]] in [[India]],<ref name="only">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/21/stories/2007072158620300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603165014/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/21/stories/2007072158620300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-06-03|author=Muralidhara Khajane|title=Keeping Sanskrit alive|access-date=2007-08-16|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2007-07-21}}</ref> the other daily being Vishwasya Vruttantam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vishvasyavrutantam.com/|title=Vishvasya Vrutantam - Daily Sanskrit Newspaper.|last=newspaper|first=Vishvasya Vrutantam : Online Daily Sanskrit|website=Vishvasya Vrutantam|language=en|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> The paper is published from the city of [[Mysore]] in the [[States of India|Indian state]] of [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sanskrit-a-love-story/story-LzXlAU3qE54Z5waDXaAsKO.html|title=Language and love: The story of India's oldest surviving Sanskrit newspaper|date=2017-11-11}}</ref> Established in the year 1970, the circulation of the paper is mainly through post, a method that its founder resorted to when news vendors refused to stock his paper.

As of 2018, the newspaper was struggling to survive due to a paucity of funds.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anand |first1=Kunal |title=India's Only Sanskrit Daily Newspaper Is Dying, And No One Cares |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-s-only-sanskrit-daily-newspaper-is-dying-and-no-one-cares-256524.html |access-date=9 October 2018 |publisher=India Times}}</ref>

==History==
Kalale Nadadur Varadaraja Iyengar, a Sanskrit scholar, launched the paper in 1970 with a goal of propagating the language. He was also a publisher of Sanskrit books, and the Sanskrit movable types that were sometimes lying idle with him were another motivation for starting the newspaper.<ref name="only"/> When he discussed his venture with others, he had to face the wrath of skeptics who warned him of his 'misadventure' and predicted the newspaper's doom,<ref name="doo">{{citation |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1110041|title=Sanskrit daily celebrates 42 nd anniversary|work=Online Edition of DnaIndia.com |date=2007-07-15}}</ref> because not many people believed that the Sanskrit language had a vocabulary sufficient to cover contemporary and complex day-to-day activities and developments.<ref name="doo"/> He was, however, supported in his venture by Agaram Rangaiah, who was an editor of a [[Kannada]] newspaper and also by P. Nagachar, who was a former Joint Director of Information. Ignoring the skeptics, Varadaraja Iyengar published the first issue of ''Sudharma'' on July 14, 1970, from a location called 'Ganapathi Totti' in Maharaja's Sanskrit College. He was also instrumental in starting a Sanskrit news bulletin on [[All India Radio]] by convincing [[I. K. Gujral]], the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the [[Government of India]]. Varadaraja Iyengar died in 1990. The paper is published out of a press in the Ramachandra Agrahara locality of Mysore.

==Circulation==
The majority of the subscribers of the newspaper are Sanskrit scholars and students. The paper has a daily circulation of about 3500 copies. It has an annual subscription fee of Rs. 500 (about $7.50) and is circulated via post to academic institutions, public libraries and to readers throughout India. The paper is also subscribed to by readers in countries like Japan and the United States of America with an annual overseas subscription fee of $50.<ref>{{cite web |title=Subscription instructions |url=http://sudharmasanskritdaily.in/donate/ |website=Sudharma official website |publisher=Sudharma |access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>

==Current scenario==
The profit gained by circulating the newspaper is negligible but Sampath Kumar wants to continue publishing the newspaper because of his passion for [[journalism]] and the Sanskrit language. He has had to struggle to keep the publication afloat.<ref name="only1">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/03/stories/2006070310150500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107021001/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/03/stories/2006070310150500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-07|author=Sharath S. Srivatsa|title= Fighting against odds to keep the daily afloat|access-date=2007-08-16|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2006-07-03}}</ref> The paper has also helped its readers to learn and improve their knowledge of the language. On 15 July 2011, the 42nd anniversary of the paper's publication was celebrated in Mysore.<ref name="doo"/> A unique feature of the celebration was that all speeches were in [[Sanskrit]], which is a rarity, and two Sanskrit scholars were honored on that occasion.
This newspaper is available online as well.<ref name="ept">{{cite web|url=http://sudharma.epapertoday.com|title=Sudharma The only Sanskrit newspaper}}</ref>

The current editors Sri K.V.Sampathkumar and his wife Smt. Jayalakshmi KS are selected for the prestigious Padma Shri award for their contribution to journalism (under the category Literature and Education) by the Government of India in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/editors-of-mysuru-based-sanskrit-daily-selected-for-padma-shri/articleshow/73618308.cms|title=Editors of Mysuru-based Sanskrit daily selected for Padma Shri {{!}} Mysuru News - Times of India|last=Jan 25|first=Shrinivasa M. {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated|last2=2020|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-26|last3=Ist|first3=22:17}}</ref>

==ePaper and Subscription ==
Sudharma was the first [[Sanskrit]] [[Newspaper|daily]] [[e-paper]] in the world. Additionally, its print edition features a Sanskrit [[crossword puzzle]] and similar novelties.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sudharma - the world's oldest surviving Sanskrit daily newspaper |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/india-news/photos-india-s-oldest-surviving-sanskrit-newspaper/photo-BwRzbOMEkRHX78foMNwJSO.html |access-date=9 October 2018 |publisher=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
* {{official|http://sudharmasanskritdaily.in}}
* [http://sudharma.epapertoday.com/ e-Paper edition]

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}

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